Omar El Akkad

Omar El Akkad
عمر العقاد
El Akkad in 2025
Born1982 (age 43–44)
Cairo, Egypt
Alma materQueen's University at Kingston
OccupationsJournalist, author
Notable workOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
AwardsGiller Prize (2021)
National Book Award for Nonfiction (2025)

Omar El Akkad (Arabic: عمر العقاد, romanizedʿUmar al-ʿAqqād; born 1982) is an Egyptian-Canadian-American author and journalist currently living in the USA. His book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This won the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction and whose novel What Strange Paradise was the winner of the 2021 Giller Prize.